Tommy Fleetwood recorded a three-stroke victory at the Tour Championship in Atlanta, achieving his first United States PGA Tour win in his 164th start. Fleetwood closed with a 68 to finish 18 under par, earning $10 million and a likely rise to sixth in the world rankings. Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley finished tied for second. Fleetwood described a long-held mindset of wanting multiple wins and said the victory completes a run of near misses while motivating him to return home, practise, and target upcoming tournaments.
It's taken me a while to get this done, to get this first win. I've never looked at it as just trying to win once. I've always had the mindset that I want to win multiple. I want to win plenty. It's just that the first one seems to have taken a long time. The next one might take a long time; I don't know. But I've always had the mindset that I just want to be one of the best players in the world,
I want to keep putting myself in contention. I always felt like it would probably happen. It completes the story of the near misses and it has a crescendo to what has been building towards the back end of the season. But when I go home, I'm just going to start practising again. I'm going to start working again and I'm going to look towards the next tournament.
He collected a cheque for $10m at East Lake. Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley were nudged into second place as Fleetwood's closing 68 left him on 18 under par. The Englishman's victory was a hugely popular one throughout golf. I think it's easy for anybody to say that they are resilient, that they bounce back, that they have fight, Fleetwood added. It's different when you actually have to prove it.
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